{"id":73409,"date":"2026-02-18T22:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/?p=73409"},"modified":"2026-02-18T22:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:33:17","slug":"andreas-mindt-new-head-of-volkswagen-group-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/2026\/02\/andreas-mindt-new-head-of-volkswagen-group-design\/","title":{"rendered":"ANDREAS MINDT NEW HEAD OF VOLKSWAGEN GROUP DESIGN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Andreas Mindt, Head of Design for the Volkswagen brand, will also take on the role of Head of Design for the Volkswagen Group starting March 1. Mindt succeeds Michael Mauer, who, according to statements, will leave the company as part of a generational transition plan. \u201cI would like to warmly thank Michael Mauer for his outstanding work and close cooperation over the years,\u201d said Oliver Blume, CEO of the Volkswagen Group. \u201cWith his background and expertise, Mindt has made a significant impact in a short time and played a key role in ensuring that our cars are once again clearly recognizable as true Volkswagen models.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andreas Mindt, born in Germany in 1969, began his career in the Volkswagen Group in 1996 after graduating with a degree from the Pforzheim University School of Design. During his first time at Volkswagen he worked on several key projects like the Golf 7 or Tiguan. In 2014 Andreas joined AUDI as Head of Exterior Design. In this seven-year period, he oversaw the exterior design evolution of the breadth of the Audi model range, and the launch of the premium SUV coup\u00e9, the Audi Q8, and the e-tron, Audi\u2019s very first full-electric production model. In March 2021 he joined Bentley as Director of Design leading team of 50 designers, He was tasked with defining Bentley\u2019s new design language, unveiled in summer 2022 with the Bentley Batur. Bentley is part of VW Group since 1998, year later in 1999 Andreas worked on an iconic concept Bentley Hunaudi\u00e8res, car that emphases the new independent era of Bentley. Since February 2023 Andreas Mindt is Head of Volkswagen Design and will shape Volkswagen\u2019s design language for years of electric transformation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":73407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1466,434],"class_list":["post-73409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-andreas-mindt-en","tag-volkswagen-en"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 17:23:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73411,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73409\/revisions\/73411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}